Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

Everybody,

Does somebody have a Frogger software created by Cornsoft/Sega for this forum? If not, then I successfully cracked that software off a tape and digitized it! I will post that software here pretty soon.

DesSony

Seem to be uploaded here already.

https://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/Frogger(Sega)

Mrtinb,

Thank you anyway. Out of my own curiosity, can you copy a program from the website then run the program on a real ZX81/TS1000 with its memory expander or an emulator?

Cheers,
DesSony

Programs are often stored i P file format.

A ZXpand and TZXduino support reading P files from SD card.

Alternatively you convert a P file to a WAV file with one of the tools. For that I use Java ZX81 Tape Converter. https://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tapeu ... rview.html

A WAV file can be sent by your computer's sound card to the ZX81. Or if the sound is too silent maybe to a MP3 player or a phone, and play the audio from there. You might need a custom cable to convert stereo to mono.

I used one of these to load a WAV file from my PC to a ZX80:

http://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/conten ... /p616.html

Another way to boost low audio from a PC is to feed it into your cassette recorder's mic input. Record it to tape at the same time or put it on pause. Either way, send the earphone output to the ZX.

There's adapters used to convert stereo headphone 1/8" plugs to mono, should work fine on the recorder too. Use your normal stereo extension cable from the PC, place the adapter into the recorder's mic jack. It might work fine without an adapter, however only one channel will be used and the PC output may be lower. The recorder's automatic gain may compensate enough it won't matter.

I had to mess around awhile, trying different recorders and WAV playback methods, then find the sweet spot for the PC and recorder's output levels.
-Ed